Hand truck



March 105 1931. E GRAVATT `1,795,856

HAND TRUCK Filed DBG. ,14, v192'? ATTORNEY '15 invention will now beL described with refer-v sistingof a lever 18, which Vis pivoted inter- 65 Patented Mar. 19, 1931 d I v y l i N sTATEs PATENT OFFICE l EARL snAvATT, or NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AssIGNOn To KANSAS CITY ivIIIiL-l, WRIGHT COMPANY, A COPARTNERSIIII, or NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI g HAND TRUCK A Application ined-'December 14, .1927.-4 SeraI No. 239,871.1 n j j This invention relates to hand trucks and .'be' carried." A pair of "substantially right particularly to that type which is adapted to angled gripping jaws 11 are slidably mounted securely grip the article to be carried during in ,frame in such a manner as to 'have one the process of loading and carrying. n arm! ofeach extending beyond and above the An object of this invention is to provide a truck body, to grip the'article to be loaded 55 hand truck having adjustable gripping jaws and carried. if* to securely retain the article to be loaded and Y As clearlyshown in Figs. j 4 vand 5, Ithe carried. f gripping jaws 11Iare Jinou'ntedin the frame A Jfurther object is the provision Oia hand 10 with their adjacent ends spaced apart'to 1o truck having gripping jaws with means for allow'tor movement of said jaws toward'and 60 locking the same in the closed position. V'from each other without interferingv with With these general objects in view, as well other parts of the mechanism. Thejawsll as minor objects, which will appear during are movable toward and from eachI other by the course ofY the detailedl specification, the means 'of a lever and link mechanism conence to the accompanying drawing illustratmediate its ends to the' frame 10 by pivot 14, ing a construction embodying the improve-v and two links 15, one en'd of each being pivotment oi this invention. ed to onegof the inturned arms of the jaws 11, Y In the drawingrespectively', as at 20, while the other end of Figure 1, is a front elevation of a hand each of said links is pivoted to theoperating 70 truck in the vertical positiomembodyling this lever lequi-distant from, and on opposite invention. j sides of, the Vpivotal point 14, respectively, by

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of a truck with a means of pivot 21. crate in position to be loaded and carried by Ity VWill be noted-.that when the gripping the truck. parts are'in the position shown in Fig; 4; the 75 Fig. 3, is a sectional plan view taken yjaws 11 are separated to receive anv article, through the jaws with some of the parts left such as lan egg case,therebetween, and when in elevation. so positioned,` the egg case may be securelyk Fig. 4, is a rear elevation of a portion of gripped by moving the/jaws toward each .'30 the truck showing thegipping jaws in the other tothe position shown in Fig. 5, v4'andl so open position, and Y when so gripped will retain its position rela- Fig. 5, is a Similar view with the gripping' :tive tothe truck'as the truck is moved to lany jaws locked-in the closed position. angle, rand will so remain until the jawsfare Similar reference characters designate like again released and moved apart to theope'n Y parts throughout the several views, and theV position.' v Y A' 85 numeral 6 designates a truck body provided As shown' in Fig.` 5, the pivots 21, when' with hand grips 7 and an axle 8 securely carmoved. to the clamping position pass the' cenried thereby, on which is rotatably mounted ter line of the two pivots 20 and thefcent'er Wheels 9. A'pivot 14, andthe 'linksengage each other,

40 As shown in Fig. 2, when the truck bodyis thereby locking the gripping jaws? against .90

in the vertical position, its lowerportion will accidental opening movement.

rest on the floor so that this support in con-I v'-For convenience of operatinglever 13pedd junction with the wheel support will mainals 16V and 17 are provided at the opposite tain therame in a vertical position. -ends thereof, thus making it possible for the A frame work 10, having suitable guide operatorfto manipulatek the-gripping jaws 95 members is securely attached to the truck with his foot. To close the grippingjaws the body and extends beyondboth sides thereof. operator pushes downwardly on pedall,A This frame isv mounted in said Abody belowfwhile tolrelease it,'pedal 17 is pressed downthe upper surface thereof so as not to interwardly.'y It is "evidentthat' one lever would fere withthe proper seating of the article tosuffice, if the operator would push downico Y wheels carried by .545

.bers adapted 'to maintain said wardly to lock the jaws and lift upwardly on the vsame lever to open the jaws. If desired, more than one set of gripping jaws with operating mechanisms could be mounted on the same hand truck, however, more than one article may be loaded and carried on the truck, as shown, by simply stacking the yarticles and gripping the lower article.

This truck distance of the pivotal point of the pivotal point 14, thereby inoreasin-gfor de-v creasing the distance between the gripping jaws 11 when in the closed position.

I do not limit this invention to the construction shown and described, as .manymod-r ications may be made within the :scope yoi: the appended claims without departing from the spirit thereof.

What is claimed as new and desired tobe j secured by Letters Patent is:

l. A hand truck, comprising a truck body,

Wheels carried by said body, gripping jaws mounted for rectilinear movement on said body intermediate its ends and extending kabove the upper surface thereof, a pivotally mounted operating lever Vcarried by said truck body, and a connecting 'link joining each of said gripping jaws-to lever, whereby,

gripping jaws are moved toward or from each other.

2. A hand truck, comprising a truck body, said body, gripping jaws mounted for rectilinear movement on Asaid body intermediate its 'ends and extending above the upper surface thereof, an operating lever pivotally mounted intermediate its ends on the'truck body between adjacent ends of said gripping jaws, a connecting flink :connecting eac-h of said gripping jaws to .said operating lever whereby when said operating lever is oscillated on its pivot said jaws will be reciprocated toward each other.

3. A hand truck, comprising a truck body, wheels carried by said body, spaced apart gripping jaws mounted in alin'ement on vsaid body intermediate its ends and extending above the upper surface thereof, guide memgripping jaws i-n'longitudin-al alinement, an loperating vlever Ahaving a foot pedal-at each end thereof pivoted adjacent its center portion between the adjacent ends of ysaid gripping j aws, a conis particularly adapted for lifti in. which the pivots 21 may be inserted, thus varying the links 15 from said operatingV when said operating lever v Vis oscillated in .its pivot, said gripping f or from EARL GRAVATT.

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